The Real Python Podcast

Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries

The Real Python Podcast

Show Notes

What's a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific users of your application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

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